About The Girl

Not-so-silent observations that splinter my conversations.
Harnessing the steady flow of random thoughts and musings that continuously interrupt my daily conversations. Paired here with my artwork and photographs from recent adventures.
Non sequitur (pronounced \ˈnän-ˈse-kwə-tər\)- a response which, due to its apparent lack of meaning relative to its context, seems absurd to the point of being humorous or confusing.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

CREASES AND FOLDS

"I am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enoughto make every hour holy.

I am too small in the world, and yet not tiny enoughjust to stand before you like a thing,dark and shrewd.

I want my will, and I want to be with my willas it moves towards deed;

and in those quiet, somehow hesitating times,when something is approaching,

I want to be with those who are wiseor else alone.

I want always to be a mirror that reflects your whole being,and never to be too blind or too oldto hold your heavy, swaying image.

I want to unfold.

Nowhere do I want to remain folded,because where I am bent and folded, there I am a lie.

And I want my meaningtrue for you.

I want to describe myselflike a painting that I studiedclosely for a long, long time,like a word I finally understood,like the pitcher of water I use every day ,like the face of my mother,like a shipthat carried methrough the deadliest storm of all."

Rainer Maria Rilke

I love Rilke's ability to create these stark visual images with his words. A recent book wove German poetry into it's narrative...what a lovely reminder of its beauty and sadness.

In the places where I am folded I am a lie...like the crease of well-read letters...the stories we tell ourselves and others to get through the day.

I am grateful for the beauty of these words, the company of wise people, the truth that I know to be myself and the courage to write a very difficult letter.

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